Aya Takano

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Aya Takano (b.1976 Saitama, Japan)

I like the hollows of the buildings, Aya Takano 2003, Acrylic on Canvas, 53×45.5 cm, Courtesy Blum and Poe, L.A.
I like the hollows of the buildings, Aya Takano 2003, Acrylic on Canvas, 53×45.5 cm, Courtesy Blum and Poe, L.A.
Noshi & Meg, on Earth, year 2036,Aya Takano 2002, Acrylic on canvas, 91×73.5 cm, Courtesy NADiff, Tokyo
Noshi & Meg, on Earth, year 2036,Aya Takano 2002, Acrylic on canvas, 91×73.5 cm, Courtesy NADiff, Tokyo
On a moonlight night, their teeth painted black, Aya Takano 2004, 162 x 130.3cm, acrylic on canvas, Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
On a moonlight night, their teeth painted black, Aya Takano 2004, 162 x 130.3cm, acrylic on canvas, Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Mail Mania Mami, Standing in a Storm, Aya Takano 2001, Acrylic on canvas, 60×41 cm
Mail Mania Mami, Standing in a Storm, Aya Takano 2001, Acrylic on canvas, 60×41 cm

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[edit] About

Aya Takano lives and works in Kyoto, Japan. She is a member of Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai Kiki Studio in Tokyo and received her degree in Fine Arts at the Tama Art University, Tokyo. Her fantastical work have at its core Japanese manga, science fiction novels, a hint of eroticism, and modified Japonisme. Her drawings and paintings, in which her lively characters freely float, are filled with pure passion and an energy toward creation.

[edit] Education

2000 Graduated from Department of Fine Art, Tama Art University

[edit] Exhibitions

[edit] Solo Exhibitions

2006

  • MoCA Lyon, Lyon, France
  • City Dog, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Parco Gallery, Nagoya Japan

2005

  • Frieze Art Fair, London
  • The Far Reaches of The Universe, My Garden, Blum & Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2004

  • Aya Takano, a web project for Digital Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
  • Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, 2004-5 Autumn Winter Collection, Paris, Tokyo (collaboration)

2003

  • Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris

2002

  • Space Ship EE, nanogalerie, Paris

2000

  • Hot Banana Fudge, NADiff, Tokyo

1997

  • SHU WA KIMASERI, shop33, Tokyo

[edit] Group Exhibitions

2007

  • The Door to Summer, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan

2006

  • Etoile, Xavel, Inc. (Virtual department store design)
  • Mizuho Oshiro Gallery, Kagoshima, Japan

2005

  • Aoi Gallery, Osaka, Japan
  • Japan Pop, Helsinki Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland
  • The Sensual Line, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture, Japan Society, New York, NY (curated by Takashi Murakami)
  • MTA Subway Poster Design, Public Art Fund and Japan Society, New York, NY
  • What’s Good Conference, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong (Lecture)
  • Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris

2004

  • T-Junction, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
  • Fiction. Love: Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Chiho Aoshima, Mr., Aya Takano, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at LFL Gallery, New York, NY
  • Tokyo Girls Bravo, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

2003

  • Girls Don’t Cry, Parco Gallery, Tokyo
  • Naoki Takizawa for Issey Miyake, Tokyo (collaboration)
  • Hope—The Future is in Our Hands, LaForet Harajuku, Tokyo

2002

  • The Japanese Experience – Inevitable, Das Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Tokyo Girls Bravo 2, NADiff, Tokyo
  • Chiho Aoshima, Aya Takano, Mr., Takashi Murakami, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris

2001

  • Superflat, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Hiropon Show, White Cube Gallery, London, UK; Shinsaibashi Parco, Osaka, Japan
  • Yokai Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

2000

  • Superflat, Parco Gallery, Tokyo (curated by Takashi Murakami)

1999

  • Tokyo Girls Bravo, NADiff, Tokyo; Parco Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
  • Hiropon Show, Parco Gallery, Nagoya
  • Hiropon 32/80, NADiff, Tokyo

1998

  • Ero Pop Christmas, NADiff, Tokyo
  • Hiropon Show, George’s, Los Angeles, CA

1997

  • Hiropon Show, shop33, Tokyo; Iwataya Z-side, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Hiropon Show, Manken Gallery, Kanazawa, Japan

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